Beulah Park Race Track originated in 1889 when local businessman A. G. Grant petitioned Grove City to create the Beulah Addition housing development on farmland once owned by town founder William Foster Breck. Grant named the new addition, west of Harrisburg Pike, for his daughter Beulah. To attract buyers, he added a recreational park whose wooded grounds drew visitors for picnics, concerts, speeches, and baseball games. The park soon expanded to include a small racetrack, and Franklin County Fair officials held the fair there intermittently until 1918, when it moved to Hilliard. Shortly afterward, Colonel James M. Westwater bought the grounds and made improvements. In 1922, he sold his interest to the Capital City Racing Association, and in 1923 the association established Beulah Park, Ohio's first Thoroughbred racetrack. The park's main entrance stood on Grant Avenue, a street named in honor of Jackson Township's first settlers. In 1931, pari-mutuel wagering began under the supervision of the Ohio Racing Commission, and in 1983 Beulah Park became Ohio's first track to offer simulcast wagering on the Kentucky Derby.